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When Michael Hsu became acting U.S. Comptroller of the Currency earlier this month, banking industry experts predicted a shift away from the aggressive innovation pushed by...
Sherrod Brown, the Chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs recently sent a letter to Michael Hsu, the Acting Comptroller expressing his concern over a...
Opinion Powers On... is a new monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University School of Law, where he teaches a course on 'Blockchain, Crypto and Regulatory Considerations.' Dear Readers: Here is my first opinion piece for Cointelegraph since my retirement a month ago from law firm practice (and prior to that, the SEC) after a 40 year career. It is an exciting opportunity for me, and hopefully an...
OCC: Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian P. Brook Steps Down Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian P. Brooks will step down from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on January 14, 2021. OCC Chief Operating Officer Blake Paulson will become Acting Comptroller of the Currency, according to a statement by the bank regulator. Brooks issued the following statement: “It has been a great honor to serve the United States as Acting Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is the most extraordinary of federal agencies filled with the ...
Brian Brooks may be remembered as one of the most controversial interim regulatory chiefs in recent memory, taking positions on the pandemic response, fintechs’ banking ambitions and other issues that won him supporters and critics alike.